英语阅读：继苹果后，亚马逊成第二家市值突破万亿的公司
<p><span word="Amazon">Amazon</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="publicly">publicly</span> <span word="traded">traded</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="valued">valued</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> $1 <span word="trillion">trillion</span>, <span word="just">just</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="tech">tech</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="historic">historic</span> <span word="milestone">milestone</span>.</p><p>亚马逊成美国上市公司中第二家市值达一万亿美元的公司，仅仅几周前，苹果公司才迎来这一历史性里程碑。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> 24 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="founding">founding</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="capitalised">capitalised</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="shopping">shopping</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="generates">generates</span> $178<span word="bn">bn</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="revenue">revenue</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p>成立24年以来，亚马逊充分利用不断扩张的网购需求。现如今，年收益高达1780亿美元。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="marketplace">marketplace</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="producer">producer</span>, <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="book">book</span> <span word="publisher">publisher</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cloud">cloud</span> <span word="storage">storage</span> <span word="centre">centre</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span>, <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="assistant">assistant</span> <span word="named">named</span> "<span word="Alexa">Alexa</span>".</p><p>这家公司从在线市场演变成了影视制作人、电子书出版商及云端存储中心。它还创造出了大受欢迎的数码管家助手“<span word="Alexa">Alexa</span>”。</p><p><span word="Amazon">Amazon</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="CEO">CEO</span>, <span word="Jeff">Jeff</span> <span word="Bezos">Bezos</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="richest">richest</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> – <span word="something">something</span> <span word="Senator">Senator</span> <span word="Bernie">Bernie</span> <span word="Sanders">Sanders</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="shots">shots</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Labour">Labour</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="event">event</span>.</p><p>亚马逊的成功也使得<span word="CEO">CEO</span>杰夫•贝佐斯成为了这个世界上最富有的人——在一次劳工节活动中，这一点成了参议员伯尼•桑德斯抨击他的地方。</p><p>“<span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="by">by</span> $250 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="pays">pays</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="wages">wages</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="stamps">stamps</span>, <span word="Medicaid">Medicaid</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="subsidized">subsidized</span> <span word="housing">housing</span>.”</p>
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